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Descending through the Alps, 218 B.C.

During the Second Punic War, Hannibal lead his Carthaginian Army through the Alps in a historic maneuver to wage war with the Roman Empire from the North. Along with his roughly 50,000 strong army were a number of War Elephants, marched through the steep and perilous mountain passes.

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Uploaded on January 1, 2023